LANXESS Aktiengesellschaft, a specialty chemicals company, develops, manufactures, and markets chemical intermediates, specialty chemicals, and plastics worldwide. It operates in five segments: Advanced Intermediates, Specialty Additives, Performance Chemicals, Engineering Materials, and ARLANXEO. The Advanced Intermediates segment offers high-grade intermediates for the agrochemical and coating industries; fine chemicals as precursors and intermediates for the pharmaceutical, agrochemical, and specialty chemical industries; customer-specific specialties; organometallics; and tire chemicals. The Specialty Additives segment provides additives, including lubricants, flame retardants, plasticizers, and bromine derivatives for various applications in the rubber, plastic, and paint industries. The Performance Chemicals segment offers material protection products; and inorganic pigments for the coloring of concrete, and emulsion paint and other coatings. It also offers finishing agents for the leather industry; and reverse osmosis membranes and ion exchange resins for water treatment, as well as disinfectant and hygiene solutions. The Engineering Materials segment produces technical plastics, glass fibers, fiber composites, and elastomers on a urethane basis for application in the automotive and electrical/electronics, and construction and medicine industries, as well as sports and leisure sectors. The ARLANXEO segment provides specialty rubbers for use in high-quality rubber products in the automotive engineering, tires, and construction industries. The company was founded in 1863 and is headquartered in Cologne, Germany.

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Lanxess has received 52.09% “underperform” votes from our community.

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Do Wall Street analysts recommend investors buy shares of Lanxess?

18 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Lanxess in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 8 hold ratings and 9 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View analyst ratings for Lanxess.

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What price target have analysts set for LXS?

18 brokerages have issued twelve-month target prices for Lanxess' stock. Their forecasts range from €42.00 to €75.00. On average, they anticipate Lanxess' stock price to reach €52.94 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 3.1% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Lanxess.

Has Lanxess been receiving favorable news coverage?

Media headlines about LXS stock have been trending somewhat negative recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research firm scores the sentiment of news coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Lanxess earned a coverage optimism score of -1.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media stories about the company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near future. View the latest news aboutLanxess.